Why should you subscribe to APIL Personal Injury: Law, Practice and Precedents

Designed and written by leading claimant lawyers, APIL Personal Injury Law, Practice and Precedents, available in print or as part of LexisLibrary, is a comprehensive and practical reference work dealing with every aspect of personal injury practice. Combining authoritative commentary, expertly drafted precedents and other key materials, it is the ideal resource for all claimant lawyers.

What is included:

Commentary Leading practitioners provide detailed and practical analysis on the basis of liability for each of the major types of personal injury actions, together with a thorough examination of the law relating to limitation, damages, funding and costs. The practice and procedure relating to PI claims is dealt with comprehensively and with particular emphasis placed on the needs of claimant lawyers.

Legislation and Procedure Over 60 key statutes and statutory instruments as well as extracts from the Civil Procedure Rules.

Agreements The full text of the Criminal Injuries Compensation Agreement 2008 and both the Untraced and Uninsured Drivers? Agreements are reproduced, together with the text of the Highway Code.

Quantum materials Key materials such as the Ogden Tables and JSB Guidelines are included, as well as key statistics and calculations such as Multipliers for Periodic Loss, Interim Life Tables, Earnings, Interest, Prices, Income Tax and NI, Social Security Benefits, Court of Protection Fees, Motoring Costs, Fostering Costs, Nursing Costs and many more.

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Issue 51, December 2018

Issue 51 contains amendments to Divisions A, B, H and J as follows:

Division A (Law and Liability) – Section A9 (Claims with a Foreign Element) has been brought fully up to date with new case law by solicitor and legal consultant Andrew Wilson and Section A15 (Professional Negligence) has been completely rewritten by Barrister David Myhill of Crown Office Chambers.Division B (Limitation) – Andrew Wilson has comprehensively updated this division, which was originally written by Gordon Exall.Division H (Statutory Materials) – takes account of recent changes to statutes, statutory instruments and the Civil Procedure Rules.Division J (Quantum Facts and Figures) – ASHE figures have been updated in Section J5 for final 2017 and provisional 2018 amounts.

VOLUME 1Contents Contributors Acknowledgments Explanation of the work Preface